We’ve been talking in our lab meetings about sexual conflict and sexual dimorphism, and have some thoughts. What if animal genomes are far more sex-specific and less cosntrained than we assume? @linley-sherin.bsky.social pulled it all together here www.zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/pdf... 1/n

Time to bug your research office if you haven’t heard back from NSERC DG 🙏

For other NSERC watchers this week:

Aren’t they cute? I think their gonads are even cuter 🤩🐟🤓

See you there!

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

We love to fetishize "top" researchers and give them special big pots of money. But we get far more science by spreading money among all researchers (closer to the NSERC DG model). This old post is magically relevant again... scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/w...

Are these unsolicited/non-consented AI review of biorxiv posted papers really a thing? 🙄

How to keep in step when your (protein) partner speeds up… Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection. Congrats to whole team! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In this latest piece, part of a trans-Atlantic enriching collaboration, we investigate sex-specific differences in gametogenesis in fish hybrids underlying clonal reproduction: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#CancerGenetics people: I am looking for examples of tumor suppressor genes that are inactivated in cancers by regulatory mutations (non-coding) rather than coding mutations. Please share.

Very pleased to see this one out. Unexpected and fascinating finding. I look forward to follow-up on this story 😁

Integrative Biology at UT is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist! Happy to answer any questions about the position/dept/UT. Come join us! integrativebio.utexas.edu cns.utexas.edu apply.interfolio.com/177547

🍃📣Upcoming CSEE Event! Join us online on Nov. 26th for a panel discussion Q&A on faculty positions. CSEE members will receive the link in their mailbox. (Event in English) #CSEE #online #paneldiscussion #eeb

📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)

One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics. Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩 Please RT!

Nous avons un beau poste régulier (pouvant mener à la permanence) en biologie marine, très largement défini 🎣🦐🦠🌊 emplois.careerbeacon.com/details/prof...

A while back (maybe 3-4 years?) there was a paper on common misconceptions of the genetics of various traits. One of them was eye colour in humans. I have lost this reference and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone recognise what I mean?

Massive investment in science in the upcoming Canadian budget would send a strong message that rationality and reason should lead the world, not charlatanism. People will return to science-based policies and health measures, and countries that have not given up will have a strong economic lead!

Peer review ✍️, when done properly, remains an excellent mean to improve manuscripts ✔️. Special thanks to two anonymous reviewers that helped us put together this new version! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Do not organize conferences in the US with an expectation to invite international scientists. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...

Don’t miss these fantastic scientists at the poster session! Fish, sex and hybridization: what’s not to like! #CSEE2025

Interested in sex chromosomes evolution and want to wrap up today’s talks on a colorful note? Come see my presentation on guppy sex chromosomes today, July 8th! 🐠 #CSEE2025 ⌚16h15, 📍 Lac Memphrémagog

New preprint from the lab led by former masters student AJ Roussel in collaboration with Alexander Suh and @fjruizruano.bsky.social. We found a ~4-fold accumulation of a Neptune #transposon in asexually reproducing "F1" fish hybrids. An unexpected and fascinating finding! #TEsky

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭? We have several postdoc positions open at the moment! Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

Some manuscripts are more exciting to see out for review than others…. 🤩 Stay tuned #TEsky. BioRxiv posting incoming!

Happy to share this collaborative effort on recommendations for #genomics of #type specimens academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

The Department of Natural History at NTNU is seeking an ambitious candidate for an open position as associate professor in vertebrate evolutionary genomics. Please see 👇 for details. Deadline for applications is May 25. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📢Upcoming Webinar! We are excited to announce two upcoming career panels! 📢Prochain webinaire ! Nous vous invitons à participer à deux panels sur les carrières

If anyone sees (or hears of) an interview today with decision makers at the Leaders’ Debate Commission, can you shout it out to us? I’d be very interested in hearing them explain how and why fringe far-right agitators were allowed to dominate the media questioning following last night’s debate.

🎉💚 Already 510 people registered for #CSEE2025! ⏳ The early bird rate is over, but no worries, registration is still open until May 31 for both the conference and workshops⬇️ event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg... 📅📍Join us for an unforgettable conference in Sherbrooke, from July 6th to 9th!

Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're hiring a postdoc! If you're interested in giant Starship TEs, HGT, and fungal genomics please apply. Experience transforming filamentous fungi is a big plus! uu.varbi.com/en/center/to...

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

Curieux de savoir qui sera au congrès #SCEE2025 à Sherbrooke? 👀 Découvrez le kit de démarrage pour avoir un premier aperçu des présentateurs et en apprendre plus sur leurs recherches! 🔗 go.bsky.app/LNyt928

We are recruiting a Principal Investigator in Computational Biology at @oicr.on.ca: oicr.bamboohr.com/careers/378. This position is in downtown Toronto, adjacent to the University of Toronto where your university appointment would be. Please contact me if you have any questions!

Seriously, why do we need these now?

This has been in the works for a while, and is not a response to recent events, but the timing couldn't be better: Canada now allows foreign students and postdocs to apply for more doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships! www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line: "The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws" Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.

Only 3 days left to submit your abstract for CSEE-SCÉÉ25 in Sherbrooke in July. Spots are filling fast! Il reste juste 3 jours pour soumettre votre résumé pour la SCÉÉ-CSEE25 à Sherbrooke, ça se remplit rapidement! event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

We are looking for a postdoc in #EvolutionarySystemsBiology. Exciting science, amazing team, wonderful city! landrylab.ibis.ulaval.ca/research-opp... #evolution #synbio #systemsbiology #genomics

The tariff threat has passed for now, but living next to Donald Trump is a Canadian crisis, and it might be making us realize that this beat-up, imperfect country is damned well worth fighting for. Because it sure as hell is. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

#paperalert My group is currently working on Eurasian minnows #Phoxinus. To make comparative genomics & popgen in this highly cryptic genus easier, we published an annotated chromosome-level reference genome. Thanks to @thetemi.bsky.social, Yanis, @astridboehne.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/giga...

If Canadian universities had a bit of vision, they would be launching a Manhattan project to poach every US-based top researcher. And the federal government would be drastically expanding tri-council funding and creating an expedited review process for those holding NSF and similar grants.

The maintenance of genetic polymorphism underlying sexually antagonistic traits doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Ewan Flintham et al.

I want to have bioinformatics students map out a workflow with a flow chart. Does anyone have favorite (free or probably accessible at a university) software for this? Looking at Lucid Chart and MS Visio.

Really happy that our manuscript led by Florent Sylvestre "Sex-biased gene expression across tissues reveals unexpected differentiation in the gills of the threespine stickleback" was recommended to PCI Evolutionary biology by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/PCIEvolBiol/...

Please share widely: @mariemonniaux.bsky.social and I have a 2-years post-doc position to continue and greatly expand the work we started on #PlantSelfIncompatibility in #Arabidopsis. bsky.app/profile/mari...

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...